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<p>We do not collect this data centrally. It is for individual schools to decide how
much extra they choose to spend on educating pupils whose first language is not English.</p><p>Through
their local funding formulas, local authorities may allocate funding to schools on
the basis of the number of pupils in the school who speak English as an additional
language and entered the state school system in the past three years. Local authorities
allocated £233 million in this way in 2013-14. The funding is not ring-fenced within
a school's budget so this figure may not be a reliable indicator of actual spending.</p>
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